How to Keep That Required Sanity and Iman as a New Muslim Mother
I know handling kids can be over whelming, tiring and feels like a whole tornado inside your body...but I tell you mothers, you should always have a baby small enough to fill your arms, fix in your lap - one who only babbles, squeals n squeaks...because they are the ones who keep you sane too
How Muslims should React to an Earthquake
How should a Muslim react in the face of natural disasters and how to talk to kids about them. (music-free animated video embedded for explanation along with free printables on survival strategies - emergency plan).
List of Aayaat from the Quran that Helped Me as a Parent
1) Validation from Allah of all the hardships as a mother
"And We have enjoined upon man for his parents. His mother carried him,...
30 Crafts Based on Children’s Islamic Books
Muslim kids need representation in the books they read to be able to strengthen their identity and Islamic books to strengthen their faith - so scroll through to find 30 crafts based on 30 Islamic and Muslim books. This can be ideal for Ramadan, but works even when kids are on their school break or after school or when you are looking for ways to add some creativity in your homeschool.
A Parent’s Dua Toolkit: Supplications that Guided Me
PREVIOUS (relevant post): A List of My Favourite Duas as a Parent (1-8)
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Controlling Parental Anger through Islam
Controlling parental anger with the help of Ahadith and Qur'anic verses.
40 Hadith Journal (English & Arabic Copywork for Muslim Kids)
Buy Digital (Nawawi) ; Buy Digital (Qudsi) ; Buy Digital (Shama'il Muhammadiyah)
See how we have been using it with the kids in our highlights:...
Making Edutainment a Breeze through Islamic Subscription Box for Kids
6 points on how subscription boxes catered to Muslim Kids can make edutainment a breeze - especially if you homeschool your kids. (featuring *Noor Box*)
7 Self Care Goals for Homeschooling Mums
Self Care Goals for busy mums - 7 practical goals to set on How to take care of yourself when you are taking care of everything and everyone - especially as a homeschooling mum. (or as any exhausted mum out there who could use some self love and care).
How to Raise Young Worshippers (who hope to be under the shade of Allah)
Following are some ways to raise Muslim kids through provision of Islamic environment and resources (like MY SALAH MAT) to make their path towards Allah easy and not forced. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade. (They will be), a just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for Allah's Sake, a man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and he says, 'I am afraid of Allah,' and (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given." [Bukhari]